The suspect, Rimon Alkatri, 34, identified himself as Jose Rodriguez of Israel when he called a New York City hotline and said he had overheard five Arabs plotting an attack for the July 4 holiday.

The city filed the suit against the 15 gun dealers from five states in U.S. federal court in May after it launched an undercover sting operation that found dealers allowed convicted felons to buy guns through surrogates.

Can you imagine dinosaurs sharing the same territory with human beings? It may be the stuff of grade-B movies like "1 Million BC," but many fundamentalists Christians take this to be the literal truth of the Bible. The creationist group

Investigators say Naveed Haq bought two handguns 10 days before the attack, then picked his target searching the Internet for 'something Jewish.'

Pamela Wachter was remembered as a beacon of peace at her memorial service Monday afternoon, just four days after being shot to death doing what she loved at the Jewish Federation.

People who will be living in one of Nashville's newest condos will have access to 24-hour room, maid, and spa services. Nashville Developer Tony Giarratana plans to include those perks with his 65-story Signature Tower on Church Street. | |

Sheriff's deputies in Jackson County rounded up 18 of the 25 people indicted in a drug sting. | According to Sheriff Kenneth Bean, the undercover operation began over six months ago. He said officers bought drugs from people in their

Federal regulators cleared the way Mondayfor McClatchy Co. to sell four newspapers in a $1 billion deal thatwill establish MediaNews Group Inc. as the San Francisco Bay area'slargest newspaper publisher.

We went into Major League Baseball's non-waiver trading deadline expecting a couple blockbusters. While there was a flurry of activity, most of the big names that were rumored to be leaving wound up staying put with their respective teams. Washing...

LAS VEGAS - City marshals blocked a radio personality from feeding homeless people at a City Hall park Monday, and issued summonses to a television news crew covering a publicity protest against a ban on ''mobile soup kitchens.''

No new leaks of tritium -- a potential carcinogen -- have been found in a study of Exelon Corp.'s 11 nuclear plants in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the company said Monday.

An easy primary win, a prolific fundraising pace and a cash-strapped challenger have given Gov. Rod Blagojevich a big money lead in his re-election bid this fall, according to new campaign finance totals.

A toll-free number that was supposed to direct owners to a government safety hotline instead directed them to a 99-cent-a-minute talk line.

The Tennessee Primary Election is just a few days away. Former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker is leading the pack of Republican hopefuls wanting to win the nomination to U.S. Senate, but the barbs being traded between Corker's and Ed Bryant's

The Navy has awarded Waltham-based Raytheon a contract worth more 95 million dollars for torpedoes, engineering and repair services.

Services will be held Sunday at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis for a local music visionary. Bruce Carlson, director of the Schubert Club, died of complications from leukemia, leaving behind him a legacy of several decades of gorgeous music.

EXCLUSIVE: A close confidante of Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. reveals Jackson will only run for mayor if Mayor Richard Daley does not seek re-election.

Eleven months after Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast, causing catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, Bush visited the National Hurricane Center in Florida, a state often battered by hurricanes.